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Princesspower 
Sarah looked at the roots again.... hmm.. it looked like it needed trimming now, espeically that one root. It was good to know which cases needed which spell. She looked at the thin thing before her, "Flipnsnipwitit" she casted and so the trimming began. She wiped her brow a few times, just out of habit. While some people may like the feeling of cutting off the bad parts, Sarah found it torture. She did not want to cut off the bad parts, yet she also knew that by trimming off the bad parts, the trees health would improve. But the pain...
She stopped a moment and looked at the professor, "would breaking off the dead bits with muggle tools work on this?" she asked. It probably would, yet it was best to check. After all, at home Sarah was not able to use magic yet
It was a question she’d expected to come up sooner or later, and it was a responsible one.
“Of course, and I would have offered some pruning shears.... if we’d had any.” Considering they were sold at the beginning of the term to account for the budget cuts.